If I recall correctly from the original "Around the World in 80 Days", he had like six people in the crew. At one point he has to drive across Saudi Arabia because there is literally no other way to make the trip, but the Saudis won't let the camera and sound people in. So Palin and his producer drive across the…

Oh god, they were the worst. With the shrieking. Horrible.

Yep. Canada isn't all that much bigger than the United States, and most of them are crammed into the southern reaches of Ontario and Quebec. The American show once tried a season largely confined to the United States, the "Family Edition", and everybody hated it.

"friends"

Well, maybe you're right. I would have thought the person you're racing with is your "teammate", but maybe you're right. He does mention traveling through Poland once, so they evidently have gone on trips together in the past.

BTW, how about bringing back coverage of the show, guys?

There have been actors the whole course of the show, IIRC Paul and Amie from Season 1 were actors.

The only other finalist in show history not to make it to the final city was Dave and Jeff in Season 4.

Michael Palin's travel shows kick so much ass. And I think it would be easier if it were your actual job, like with him, and you had the entire BBC helping you out.

I thought this season was kind of poor, and for a reason that James and Abba mention: they didn't have to drive themselves anywhere. Navigation is a pretty big part of the show. I'll take my product placement from Ford as long as it also means racers have to find their way from A to B.

"MA: Yeah. I don’t know what they call it; it’s certainly not “paid,” but you get some kind of money for the order that you come in."

The fifth Beatle is Stu Sutcliffe, when they were a five-man band, and they already made "Backbeat"

Chris Farley: Right. I think we.. I think we got time for one more question. Uh.. remember when you were in The Beatles? And, um, you did that album Abbey Road, and at the very end of the song, it would.. the song goes, "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make"? You.. you remember that?

Well, let's see, cannibalism usually makes for a good movie

She was sexy as all hell in that movie, peak Heather Graham, but Austin Powers 2 was a movie that took out all the interesting parts of the first one—Austin having to adjust to a much less swinging world, Austin changing as he wooed Vanessa. The first one actually had an idea, the whole "freedom failed" scene. If it…

Yes she did, dear Lord she was hot. Still exceptionally attractive 16 years after "Boogie Nights".

Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out! Monarchy is stupid.

Ugh, let's hope not, no social commentary in the spy show please

Wow, I hope this is good. It's kind of interesting, when you think about it, how few movies and TV shows have been made about the American Revolution. And of the relatively few that have, a lot of them have been crappy, like that "Revolution" movie that torpedoed Al Pacino's movie career for a while, or Mel Gibson…

"The Americans" kicks ass. Love this show.